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Funding Development Through the Lens of Tax Justice and Social Protection
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How Do Cooperatives Ensure Accessible Healthcare and Childcare for Workers?
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How Cooperatives Improve Workers’ Economic and Productive Capacities
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Homeworkers’ Rights at Risk with EU Directive Uncertainty
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From Isolation to Collective Power: Legal Empowerment for Domestic Workers
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Key Outcomes from the 2025 International Labour Conference and Why They Matter for Workers in Informal Employment
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The Climate Tragedy of Rio Grande do Sul Revisited from the Perspective of Waste Pickers
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The Destruction of Social Protection and Inclusive Labour Policies in Argentina
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Amid austerity and aid cuts, workers need to deepen their understanding of domestic financing of social protection
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For an Organization to Move, It Needs Women
In this interview, Gladys Mponda, Vice President of the Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS), talks about the value of organizing,...
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Climate Crisis, Health and Informality: Building a Movement Across Borders
Workers in informal employment experience frequent workplace exposure to a range of occupational health and safety risks. The climate crisis...
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The Journey Towards Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan
Home-based workers in Pakistan’s Sindh province achieved a historic victory with legislation that gives approximately 5 million home-based...
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From Organizing Workers to Organizing Humanitarian Aid
Between July and September 2022, StreetNet International, Cities Alliance and WIEGO interviewed Ukrainian women – most self-employed traders...
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Organizing Women Workers in War and Beyond
In this interview, Angélique Kipulu Katani, founder and current General Secretary of the League for the Rights of Congolese Women (LDFC)...
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5 Local Actions to Support the Informal Workforce that Should Go Global
In promoting a better urban future, the United Nations recently called for the sharing of transformative approaches to local action – what...
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Recognition and Respect Could Change Street Vendors’ Lives
In this interview, StreetNet International Coordinator Oksana Abboud talks about how and why street vendors became organized and her hopes...
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Subverting Master Planning to Advance Informal Worker Interests: Lessons from Delhi
Heeding the United Nations call to share transformative approaches to local action on World Cities Day, Focal Cities Coordinator Jenna Harvey...
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Joining Hands to Organize Home-Based Workers
In this interview, HomeNet International Coordinator Janhavi Dave tells us of proud moments in the home-based workers’ movement and shares...
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Waste Pickers Take the Podium at UN Environment Assembly
The hall was filled with official delegations, representatives and environmentalists, activists and organizers from more than 150 countries...
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